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Mr President, many of today’s speakers have called this a historic occasion – and rightly so – and I do not want to fall into the trap of repeating them. However, as a European citizen, the son of a Polish father, and as rapporteur for Poland, I would like to greet and welcome all the members of the Polish parliament who are seated in the visitors’ gallery, both those who are going to become part of our group and all those who will join other groups as well.
The report on Poland emerged from the vote in the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy in exactly the form I would have wished, in that all the amendments I supported were adopted and all those to which I was opposed were rejected. It is a well-balanced report which acknowledges the considerable progress made but expresses a number of reservations regarding the self-interested move of members of the civil service, which is evidence of a rather exaggerated interpretation of the spoil system, and the issue of state control of the press and television. Some progress had been made in this area but the situation is now once again at a standstill, if not regressing, and so I have tabled an amendment on the matter which I hope will be adopted tomorrow.
I have to say that, throughout my work as rapporteur for Poland, I have constantly borne in mind something which Pope John Paul II said – and I am pleased to be able to mention his name here; I have not heard it spoken this morning despite the fact that he has been at the forefront of European reunification – something he said during an interview he granted me. When I asked His Holiness who would benefit most from the reconciliation he so longed for between the two Europes, he replied that the Europe of the former communist countries would be able to bring most to the other Europe because these countries’ experiences under the communist system had taught them wisdom.
This morning’s debate gives me the hope, expressed by President Cox and Commissioner Verheugen too, that this prophecy will come true.
I would like to see more conviction on the part of the Polish Members of the European Parliament – I have to say that we heard some Polish speakers this morning who were not representative – and I would like to see them share with us that strength, that drive which led the Poles to pull down walls, to form
and to pave the way for the fall of communism, which was a decisive factor in the building of our common future."@en1
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